Every year I pick a word that will drive the upcoming months. A word that will help frame the year and my day-to-day life. In 2019, I picked the word “joy” . And, that truly was a powerful driving word. I kept that word at the back of […]
I woke up this morning with a funny feeling inside. I went for a 5,000 step walk and ordered some yummy egg sandwich. Eating eggs for breakfast is quite unlike me. I’m not a breakfast person in so much that I prefer heavier foods. Thus, if I can […]
It was a new year but everything felt old and used. Where was the vibrancy, she wondered. Her myriad of random stuff was orderly put together. But that orderly set of items disturbed her. She wanted random chaos as that kept her mind busy. Order was boring and […]
Well, some people woke up ladt Friday thinking that surely day 1 of the new year would usher in sanity and calm. A new day. We are now a week into the new year and we are still steeped in the craziness of the last year. It feels […]
These days it seems that everyone is trying to test one. Throw random things out and see where they land. It’s easy to fall into a pattern of trying to catch or dodge the random items thrown at one. If you try to dodge and catch very often […]
It was a new year. A fresh start to nothing. What fresh start comes which a midnight chime? This is no Cinderella story. One has to even wonder, if the shoe fit her so specifically and perfectly, how it even slipped off of her to begin with. But […]
No. We are not ready for 2021. Yet, we eagerly anticipated the end of 2020. Boy, did we. But does this morning feel any different? Same anxieties. Same concerns. Same fatigue has carried over. I suppose we have hope. The overnight change from 2020 to 2021 has much […]
I get the pain I get the uncertainty I get the breathing The lightbulbs have been turned on I get the hunger I get the emptiness I get the vacant eyes The lightbulbs have been turned on
Nothing simpler than a boy and his dog. A boy staring into the loving eyes of his dog and feeling safe and secure from all that there is in the world. Love in its purest form. That was my Christmas day. I watched as my son embraced his […]
I have always loved the movies and pop culture overall. It was my world of escape from the everyday doldrums of growing up in the Bronx. I even used to throw Oscars parties. Then came a time, I willingly stopped going to the movies. I had a baby […]